At night, Yang Yuanqing finished freshening up, put on a loose Zen robe, and walked into the inner room, where Pei Minqiu was sitting in front of the bronze mirror to remove his makeup, carefully removing the flowers on his forehead.

Yang Yuanqing stepped forward, held his wife's thin shoulders, pulled out the jasper hairpin in her hair with a smile, put it in front of her nose and sniffed it, Pei Minqiu looked back and smiled, "Did you smell something?" ”

"It smells like osmanthus oil."

Pei Minqiu pretended to be surprised and asked: "How did the husband smell the fragrance and improve, did he smell too much Goryeo osmanthus oil?" ”

Her eyes showed a hint of teasing, as if she looked at her husband with disgust, her eyes were rolling, she was actually asking her husband, did she bring back a Goryeo concubine?

Pei Minqiu is the princess of Chu in public, she is broad-minded and tries her best to show the bearing of a mother, but when the husband and wife are alone at night, she will also have the thoughts of an ordinary woman, worrying about whether her husband is messing with flowers and grass outside.

Yang Yuanqing heard the sourness in his wife's tone and smiled, "With a princess like you at home, how can I look up to a Goryeo woman." ”

"Boom!" Pei Minqiu rarely heard her husband praise her beauty, she was happy in her heart, but she pretended to be coquettish and said: "It seems that you have been with that flamboyant Cheng Yanjin for a long time, and you have become the same as him, I don't like it." ”

After a pause, she smiled and asked, "Don't change the topic, tell me first, how many Korean osmanthus oil heads have you smelled?" ”

Yang Yuanqing sat down on the embroidery pier next to his wife and yawned, "Didn't I tell you?" There is a wife at home, how can a Goryeo woman look at it? ”

"Hey!" Pei Minqiu let out a long sigh, "Forget it, you won't admit it if you ask, anyway, as long as you don't bring it back, I won't know anything." ”

Pei Minqiu put her black waterfall-like hair on her shoulders, smiled, got up and took her husband's hand and walked towards the back room, and the door curtain was lowered. A maid crept into the house and blew out the lights in the outhouse, but there was a faint low laugh in the inner room, which frightened the maid and quickly retreated and closed the door.

As the night deepened, a bright moon hung in the sky, spreading its light to the earth......

Early the next morning, Yang Yuanqing sat in front of the bronze mirror, and Pei Minqiu carefully combed her husband's hair. A night of affection, Pei Minqiu's eyes were filled with endless love and tenderness for her husband.

"My husband has been away from Taiyuan for more than a month, and things have accumulated a lot!"

"Hmm!" Yang Yuanqing casually agreed, "It is estimated that a bunch of headaches are waiting for me, to be honest, I really don't want to go to court today." ”

"Then rest at home! You only came back yesterday, and it's normal to rest for two or three days. Pei Minqiu persuaded her husband in a low voice.

Yang Yuanqing smiled bitterly, he wanted to rest, but how could he stop with a bunch of worries in the court.

Pei Minqiu saw that her husband was no longer talking, so she didn't persuade much, and then she remembered something and hurriedly said: "I remember that my husband told me that I would remind you before the autumn exam." It seems that someone is going to participate in the imperial examination. ”

One sentence reminded Yang Yuanqing that he had promised Huangfu Xu that he would give his son a future, which should fall on the imperial examination this autumn.

"If you don't say it, I forgot about it, thank you for the reminder."

Yang Yuanqing smiled and patted his wife's hand to show his gratitude, and asked, "What is the price of rice in Taiyuan now?" ”

Pei Minqiu wanted to ask who was coming to participate in the imperial examination, but Yang Yuanqing interrupted. She let it go. said: "I asked the housekeeper the day before yesterday, saying that it had risen to 90 yuan for doumi some time ago." But in the past few days, it has dropped to 60 yuan for doumi, which is not ridiculously expensive. ”

Yang Yuanqing remembered that when he left, it was 40 yuan for doumi, and now it is 60 yuan for doumi, an increase of 50%, and the price during the disaster year was quite acceptable, which shows that the disaster relief has obvious effects, the key is food, as long as there is food in his hands, then he can control the situation in Dasui......

Half an hour later, Yang Yuanqing walked into Ziwei Pavilion, as soon as he entered the door, he had a strange feeling, he felt that the Ziwei Pavilion was extremely quiet, the business of running and delivering documents in the past was gone, and the two sides of the corridor were deserted, which once gave Yang Yuanqing the illusion that today was Xiu Chaori, but today is obviously not Xiu Chaori, is it that he came early today?

Yang Yuanqing walked up to the second floor, and happened to meet a practitioner holding a stack of documents at the staircase, he was startled, and hurriedly bowed down, "Your Highness!" ”

"Hmm!" Yang Yuanqing agreed, and then asked, "Have all the Xiangguo arrived?" ”

"Only Su Ge is here, and the rest of Xiangguo went to inspect the construction of farmland and water conservancy, and Lu Xiangguo and Cui Zhanshi took sick leave today."

Cui Zhan Shi is the Prince Zhan Shi Cui Hongyuan, the Prince Zhan Shi has nothing to do, just an idle position, and Lu Yu is the secretary of the Criminal Department, Yang Yuanqing heard that the two of them actually took sick leave at the same time, and couldn't help sneering, this is really a coincidence, they got sick when they first came to the court, who is this eye medicine for!

Yang Yuanqing went up to the third floor with a gloomy face, and walked directly into his official room, and Pei Qingsong, who joined the army in the record room, hurriedly stepped forward to salute, "See Your Highness!" ”

At present, his account of joining the army is Pei Qingsong and Zhang Liang, and Xiao Jin, who joined the army in the previous office, served as the Taishou of Liang County, in charge of the most important county in the Central Plains, Yang Yuanqing nodded, and saw that Zhang Liang's seat was vacant, so he asked: "What about Zhang joining the army?" ”

"Zhang joined the army and went to the military department to pick up the papers, and he will be back soon."

Yang Yuanqing nodded and walked into the room, Pei Qingsong followed, he looked a little nervous, and stopped talking, Yang Yuanqing glanced at him, "Is there something wrong?" ”

Pei Qingqing pointed to the desk in the room, "Your Highness, there are two books on the case, which are more important, Your Highness should take a look at them first!" ”

He bowed and retreated, Yang Yuanqing walked to the table and sat down, seeing that there were two books side by side in front of the table, he picked up one casually, and was stunned for a moment, this turned out to be Yang Shidao's resignation letter, he opened another one, his face suddenly changed, this turned out to be Cui Junsu's resignation letter.

Yang Yuanqing heard Du Ruhui say yesterday that Yang Shidao had the intention of resigning, he wanted to talk to him today, but he didn't expect Cui Junsu to resign, Cui Junsu has followed him for many years, and he is Yang Yuanqing's henchman second only to Du Ruhui, and he is also going to resign, which suddenly made Yang Yuanqing a little anxious.

He opened Cui Junsu's resignation note, and wrote at the beginning: "The county order is corrupt, the crime is extremely evil, and the law should be ruled by the country, if the law is not enough to punish its evil, the criminal law can be severe, and it cannot be punished outside the law; A small evil in a county, with the respect of His Royal Highness and a country, there is nothing wrong with killing it, but if it is not killed, it can be left in history, so that future generations will be vigilant; His Royal Highness is the founder of the country, when thinking about the inheritance of the world, every word and deed, are emulated by the descendants of the world, His Royal Highness obeys the law, then the descendants dare not disobey, His Royal Highness is uninhibited, then the descendants ten times to follow it, no matter how big or small, I hope His Royal Highness thinks deeply. ”

Yang Yuanqing sighed, and opened Yang Shidao's recital, "The king has the power of the king, the power of the phase, the king has major events, the country is subtle, the king is in charge of the world, the country asks a hundred officials, a county is evil, when there is a Taishou question, there is a royal history investigation, there is a criminal department to arrest it, there is a Dali trial, there is a crime sentenced by the country, and then it is presented to the king, it can be killed or degraded, and the king is punished, this is the common sense of the operation of the imperial court......"

Yang Yuanqing closed the music, slowly walked to the window with his hands behind his back, staring at the floating white clouds in the distance, Cui Junsu and Yang Shidao's persuasion was like two alarm bells, ringing heavily in Yang Yuanqing's heart.

For the same trivial matter, Cui Junsu talked about the Fa, and Yang Shidao said that the separation of powers, although the matter is small, it has a great impact.

He Yang Yuanqing is good at killing the county order today, and a hundred years later, his descendants will follow his example to kill Taishou, and even kill Xiangguo, the country's law is empty, and the powerful cannot be restrained, which is the root of the country's defeat.

Of course, Yang Yuanqing is also very aware of the root of the defeat of the Sui Dynasty, in the final analysis, it is caused by Yang Guang's dictatorship, and if there is no restraint in power, it will become crazy, which he understands very well.

That's why he is committed to the division of power between the monarch and the balance of power with the relative power, not only for himself, but also for the long-term stability of the dynasty he created.

Cui Junsu and Yang Shidao, the two loyal ministers, he must not lose.

At this time, Pei Qingsong reported outside the door, "Your Highness, Su Xiangguo asks to see you." ”

came just in time, Yang Yuanqing was also about to look for him, so he nodded, "Order him to come in." ”

The door opened, and Su Wei walked in, bowing and bowing, "The old minister sees His Royal Highness the King of Chu." ”

"Elder Su Ge is exempt, please take a seat!"

"His Royal Highness King Xie Chu."

Su Wei sat down, Yang Yuanqing ordered the tea boy to serve tea again, Su Wei picked up the teacup, and then smiled: "I heard that His Royal Highness has done a good deal in Goryeo, it's exciting!" ”

Yang Yuanqing smiled, "Xiangguo is really interesting to say, what does it mean to do a good deal, could it be that we are doing a business without capital?" ”

The two laughed tacitly, and at this time, Su Wei saw the two books on the table, the smile on his face disappeared, and after a moment of silence, he sighed and said: "A small matter has caused turmoil in Ziwei Pavilion, and there are four Xiangguo who want to resign, which makes people unprepared and sighs deeply." ”

"These are actually two things, I'm not wrong!" Yang Yuanqing looked very calm and said lightly.

"It is indeed two things, one is that Yang Shidao and Cui Junsu are angry that His Highness killed the county order without permission, and the other is that Lu Yu and Cui Hongyuan are dissatisfied with His Highness's desire to track down Yicang Grain, one thing is public and admirable, while the other thing is selfish and despicable."

Su Wei is cunning and cunning, he seized the opportunity of the resignation of the four prime ministers, and stepped on Lu and Cui fiercely, and he couldn't wait to remove these two people directly.

The reason why Yang Yuanqing wanted to find Su Wei was to ask Su Wei to help him think of a way to deal with Lu and Cui, Lu and Cui dared to threaten themselves with resignation, Yang Yuanqing was extremely dissatisfied, but Yang Yuanqing also knew that he still had to borrow a famous family to maintain the stability of Hebei at this time.

He pondered for a moment, and then said: "At this time, Hebei has just been decided, and the Hebei officialdom cannot be purged on a large scale, but if it is left unchecked, it will make the interests of Hebei officialdom more entrenched. ”